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Orit Bashkin
University of Chicago
Occupation
Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: (773) 834-8346
Dept of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
University of Chicago 201 Pick Hall, 5828 S University Ave
Chicago IL 60637
United States
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Arab Studies
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Colonialism
Cultural Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Specialties
Arab Intel Hist
Iraqi Hist
Jewish Hist
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
French (intermediate)
German (intermediate)
Hebrew (native)
Turkish (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2004 | NE Stds | Princeton U
Abstracts
"When the Safras met the Dajanis" - Syrian Jews, Refugees, and the Question of Palestine Stalin As Abu Shawarib – Iraqi Jews and the Iraqi Communist Party When Nationalism collides; The Farhud, Iraqi Jewry and Politicized Violence Urban Violence and the Rebirth of the Arab Jew, Baghdad and Tel Aviv Historical Lynching: Violence, Ethnicity, and Religious Minorities in novels from Bilad al-Sham. Iraqi Home Away from Home – Jewish Reflections on Iraq in the Diaspora The Mizrahi Question, the Palestinian Question and Matzpen A Dream about Hell, A Dream about Freedom- Zahawi's Rebellion in Hell An Egyptian Iraqi Nahda 1890-1935 Gendered Migrations: Iraqi Jewish Women and the Quest for Emancipation